"CBS Films is set to a big-screen version of "Gunsmoke"" - Is it just me, or does it seem like Hollywood has a committee that looks at things that have already been done and ask the question, "What could we do to p*ss all over the memory of that thing?"

I'm thinking Brad Pitt for Matt Dillon (or maybe Matt Dillon for Matt Dillon). Brad says he may retire from films, and this would no doubt seal the deal. Chester (who came before Festus) would no longer have to "watch the horses," since PTSD-damaged vets finally have decent lobbying groups. We find that Miss Kitty is doomed to pine for Matt, because he is gay. Doc is hooked on opium instead of booze. In other words, like byoolin said, p*** all over the original.

Jen's new movie features a menage a trois with Denise Richards and Bradley Cooper. She will finally shake the Good Girl image.

"Executive Producer Ashton Kutcher" is just wrong.

They've already said Saved By the Bell reunion will not include Mr. Belding. Hence, no point.

From "Tom Cruise: Relationship Guru": "Tom has taken it upon himself to tell Posh that she better get her house in order, and follow Becks wherever he goes, or their marriage will be in trouble."

Oh, please! When Wee Tom kept pulling that nonsense with Penélope Cruz, she got fed up and dumped him. Considering that Cruise is already into his third marriage, with two divorces and how many break-ups already behind him (whereas the Beckhams are to my knowledge still in their first marriage), well it seems to me that Daavid and Posh might be better qualified to be giving Tom advice on keeping a marriage going.

Whoa, how the hell is that tool Ryan Seacrest making more than Paula?? I can't believe she was only making $4 mil a year- she certainly deserved more than that a** wipe. Gawd the only reason I ever tuned into that show was to watch her crazy antics.

I'd like to think it would mean a more politically correct treatment for Native Americans, but it probably means a topless Miss Kitty, ninja warrior outlaws from the Asian railroad construction crew, and Doc Adams fashioning a defribulator out of two steel plates and a wire hooked up during a thunderstorm.

So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, goodnight
You pay Cowell more. To me that's just not right
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So long, farewell, au revior auf Weidersehen
Seacrest gets more. To me, that's just insane.
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I'm glad... to go.... ...Simon gave me advice and he said that on the X-factor he always refers to a fortune cookie and says the moth who finds the melon...the moth who finds the cornflake, always finds the melon, and one of you didn't get the right fortune cookie.

Bradley Cooper seems to be trying for a Jude Law/John Mayer level of stankiness. I just don't get it. He does absolutely nothing for me.

Shemar Moore on the other hand, very hot. Not the greatest picture of him, but he's a compelling reason to watch that show. Bummer about the broken leg.

TV Executive Producer credits go to either a)someone who conceived a show but doesn't actively run it; b) some studio suit who greenlit a show and wants to seem like they have a "creative" job instead of being a bean-counter; or c) a "name" who can draw attention to a show despite having nothing to do with it. It's a pretty empty designation. Actually, TV credits are getting more and more ludicrous. I sit in awe watching the opening credits of "Bones" these days. I may be the only person in Los Angeles who DOESN'T have a producer credit on that show.

Yeah, sorcerers_cat, I'd noticed that too re "Bones." Both Deschanel and Boreanaz are among the producers. I assume it's just a maneuver to increase their paychecks, so they won't leave the show. Ditto Mark Harmon on "NCIS."

northgs, I've never given that a thought. But I'd guess the answer is yes.

Boreanaz is my favorite example of how plain dumb luck can launch a career. The woman who was trying to cast "Angel" for Buffy was having lunch with a friend and bemoaning the fact that she couldn't find the right guy with dark good looks and a bit of mystery to him and the friend said "you've got to look at this guy who walks his dog on my street" or something like that. So he was INVITED to audition (which doesn't happen very often). Result: 4 or 5 year run on Buffy, 4 or 5 seasons of Angel, one failed show, now another very successful series with no end in sight. He's a good actor and all and perhaps he would have "made it" eventually through going on auditions and the like, but to get on the Joss Whedon express in that manner and become a tv presence over nearly 10 years is extremely fortunate.

Sorcerers_cat, my thinking was just basically that money is the root of all, so...

Great story about Boreanaz, hadn't heard it before. (My impression of Hollywood success is that there's lots of luck involved - and a helping of dumb too.) Pity that I can't order up some dog-walkers like that for *my* nabe; we need a serious upgrade in that department.